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Benefits of Shea Butter for Your Hair and Skin

Benefits of Shea Butter for Your Hair and Skin

Sometimes an ingredient comes along that takes the personal care world by storm. Rose water, aloe vera, retinol, watermelon, and tea tree oil (be c...

Shower Habits for Healthy Skin

Showering is second nature for most of us. Whether you drag yourself out of bed in the morning to wake up your senses, or use it to decompress afte...

Benefits of Oats for the Skin

Nothing quite beats waking up to a warm bowl of oatmeal. It’s hearty, inexpensive, filling, and can be topped with all of your favorite fruits and ...

Benefits of Kaolin Clay for the Skin

Picture a face mask. No, not the personal protective equipment kind that gives you maskne. We’re talking about the skin care product that comes in ...

skinimalism why you should use less skin care products

Skinimalism: Why You Should Use Fewer Skin Care Products

Lots of us have been scaling back our skin care shelves lately, since our faces aren’t out and about all that often nowadays, and the blurry webcam...

Is Phenoxyethanol Bad for You and Your Skin?

With “clean beauty” being all the rage lately, you’ve most likely seen a laundry list or two of skin care ingredients to avoid. We even have our ow...

guide to face and body scrubs: best and worst ingredients in physical exfoliants

Guide to Face Scrubs: Best and Worst Ingredients in Physical Exfoliants

Our skin is repeatedly dying and rejuvenating like some kind of zombie. But it can't always do this zombification on it's own, and sometimes it nee...

New Year’s Skin Care Resolutions

It’s been a long, tough year, and for some of us our skin has taken a lot of the burden. With maskne and stress breakouts on top of day to day skin...

What Does the SPF Number Mean?

Any skin care advice that does not include applying sunscreen every day, is not advice you should trust. Study after study has found that sunscreen...

advice for chapped lips during the winter

Advice for Chapped Lips in the Winter

This winter is a little different than winter's past. We’re all doing our best to stay healthy and keep those around us healthy more so than usual....

The Best Foods and Nutrients for Healthy Skin

We all want healthy, clear skin. Our skin is our largest organ, one of the first things people will see when we interact with them, and it’s a big ...

How Often Should You Replace Your Toothbrush?

Good oral hygiene habits don’t come instinctively. Toothbrushing didn’t become a commonplace habit until the 1700s, so we (and our noses) are lucky...

Is Homemade DIY Skin Care Actually Good for Your Skin?

If you’re looking to save money and brighten your complexion, or if you’re just trying to use more “natural” products, you may turn to one of the m...